Bear meat recipes

[mitchparker6]

Looking for what to do with black bear meat if I get one in SE alaska this may. Leaning more towards like summer sausage or breakfast sausage or anything ground. Anything that you guys have tried and loved, let me know.

 

[6mm Remington]

I don't think that you could go wrong with summer sausage or breakfast sausage, something like that. Hi Country makes some really good sausage mixes I think that you would enjoy. I sure do although I have not yet done bear with it personally. I was given some sausage from bear that was delicious.

Wild Game Breakfast Sausage Spice Box - Italian Blend

Italian Blend Breakfast Sausage Seasoning Kit is offered by Hi Country Snack Foods. Now direct to your door for the wild game hunters. Makes about 12 lbs of sausages.

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I've had bear steaks and those were fantastic eating too! When I got my grizzly bear in Alaska in 2019 I had made sure before I went on my hunt to prepare my guide so that he would have what we needed for bear steaks because we were going to have bear steaks at our spike camp period! He was tickled to death to comply as he has always wanted to eat grizzly bear but had not done so yet. I cut a portion of the backstrap off and we hung it on willows by our camp for a couple days for it to cool and age slightly. I sliced it up into steaks and he rolled it in flour and seasoned it with salt and pepper and cooked it in a cast iron skillet in butter. It was delicious. If I get another bear I will make sausages of a couple different flavors and certainly on the backstraps, tenderloins, and best hind quarter cuts I will make steaks out of them. My grizzly bear was really good eating. I was sad that I was unable to bring a good portion of the meat home with me.

 

[Poser]

I make a lot of Bolognese with ground bear. However, bear meat makes for a far better stew than venison. Don't sell yourself short on grinding everything.

 

[EcoastDG]

My wife makes black bear bourguignon. It's phenomenal.

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[Nine Banger]

Bear-de

Chili Verde with Bear I use a hamstring for this recipe always. The other animals I've incorporated are white-tailed deer but I'll be doing this with moose this year as well. All you need for this is a dutch oven and a pan for heating up the tortillas. Debone the hamstring and cut into...

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[Nine Banger]

Wild Meat Ragu and Bolognese

Easy peasy, I know, but I've picked up a few tricks I don't see other folks doing. Brown the meat with 4 tbsp of grapeseed or olive oil...and salt. This will give it the glisten on top of the sauce that 80/20 beef chuck eaters are expecting. Add garlic, fennel, and herbs to the pre-made sauce...

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[JMundy84]

I cook it in a crock pot and treat it just like a beef roast.

 

[Arcola]

Bear grind is awesome for tacos and chili, etc. Much better than beef, in my opinion. As stated above, roasts are also great for any beef or venison recipe. We usually keep about 20-30 pounds for summer sausage to use in sandwiches throughout the year.

 

[rngr0194]

I like to do a roast cooked slow with either a blueberry or blackberry sauce.